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. >> prior to the the vice- presidential debate, the question, should obama supporters start freaking out to? [laughter] did the vice-president head of the freak out? >> i think he probably did. for the days, for the people who were cheering him on, he did with the president did not do the week before. he answered everything that bryant had to say -- that ryan had to say. if he had not indulge in that small a time, the biden tick, you would have said that he had walked the floor with paul ryan. >> pick a winner. >> if you read the transcript, it was a draw. if you heard it on the radio, biden won. if you watched it on tv, biden lost. if you heard it on talking points, it was about even. you heard it on the raider, joe biden was in control. paul ryan was differential. if you saw on tv, that mad smile, that jack nicholson smile, that condescension and eye roll, i think that it deeply damaged what to joe biden had done in substance. >> some times, you have to measure success by comparison. compared to president obama as performance last week, and joe biden did an outstanding job. he did
. >> prior to the the vice- presidential debate, the question, should obama supporters start freaking out to? [laughter] did the vice-president head of the freak out? >> i think he probably did. for the days, for the people who were cheering him on, he did with the president did not do the week before. he answered everything that bryant had to say -- that ryan had to say. if he had not indulge in that small a time, the biden tick, you would have said that he had walked the floor...
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much more on this week's vice presidential debate when we come back. plus a look ahead to tuesday's obama-romney rematch. expectations are hay for both candidates. so will the president raise his game and can mitt romney sustain his momentum? ♪ [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you don't back down from a challenge. this is the age of knowing how to make things happen. sowhy let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. stop taking viagra and call your doctor right away if you experience a sudden decrease or loss in vision or hearing. this is the age of taking action. viagra. talk to your doctor. >>> we are back with more on deet baits. let's look
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because the strategy that the obama team has been using was just blanketed right over paul ryan in terms of combating mitt romney's varatay, his qualifications, his ability to direct policy, all of it. >> i also think that even though paul ryan is young, looks young, the fact is that he has -- he's an intellectual force in his party. he is a committee chairman. i just don't think that question has been raised and batted about him as much as it was say with sarah palin four years ago. it was a totally different dynamic. on the stage that you were four years ago. where one person was there sort of trying to prove that she belonged there. and i don't think -- gwen: and joe biden was trying to prove that he was not going to beat up on the girl essentially. he knew he had a reputation for being a bully. just like he had a reputation last night for being gaffe prone. and he didn't really make any big gaffes. >> can i say, though, what's easternic about the whole thing is yes, he's -- ironic about the whole thing is yes, he's being known as gaffe prone, he was on the split screen laughing and g
because the strategy that the obama team has been using was just blanketed right over paul ryan in terms of combating mitt romney's varatay, his qualifications, his ability to direct policy, all of it. >> i also think that even though paul ryan is young, looks young, the fact is that he has -- he's an intellectual force in his party. he is a committee chairman. i just don't think that question has been raised and batted about him as much as it was say with sarah palin four years ago. it...
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first presidential debate. you're going to want to see how he responds. >>> this week's fiery vice presidential debate sets the stage for round two between president obama and governor romney but it's round one that still has a lot of people talking and could give mitt romney an advantage tuesday night. everyone now agrees at least, i think almostveryone agrees that your debate performance in denver last week was very strong. the president's performance was weak. here's a question that i'm curious about, because you prepared obviously a lot. senator rob portman, was he a tougher debatetor in those practice sessions than president obama turned out to be? >> senator portman is very effective. the i think president obama and i both had a good chance to describe our respective views as to how we would do a better job. and i frankly think i benefitted from the fact that rather than having people learn about me by ads prepared by my opposition, they got to actually hear what i would do for myself. and i think that he
first presidential debate. you're going to want to see how he responds. >>> this week's fiery vice presidential debate sets the stage for round two between president obama and governor romney but it's round one that still has a lot of people talking and could give mitt romney an advantage tuesday night. everyone now agrees at least, i think almostveryone agrees that your debate performance in denver last week was very strong. the president's performance was weak. here's a question that...
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>> with 25 days until the presidential election, the obama re-election campaign is seizing on this statement by paul ryan in last night's debate. >> if the romney/ryan ticket is elected, should those who believe that abortion should remain legal be worried? >> we don't think that unelected judges should make this decision, that people through their elected representatives, in reaching a consensus in society through a democratic process should make this determination. >> joe biden used that statement by paul ryan to remind voters about the number one reason for voting for president. >> if anyone had a doubt about what's at stake in this election, when it comes to women's rights, and the supreme court, i'm sure they were settled last night. congressman ryan made it very clear that he and governor romney are prepared to impose their private views on everyone else. it was made clear last night that they don't believe in protecting a women's access to health care. it was made very clear that they do not believe a woman has a right to control her own body. the next president is likely to almost su
>> with 25 days until the presidential election, the obama re-election campaign is seizing on this statement by paul ryan in last night's debate. >> if the romney/ryan ticket is elected, should those who believe that abortion should remain legal be worried? >> we don't think that unelected judges should make this decision, that people through their elected representatives, in reaching a consensus in society through a democratic process should make this determination. >>...
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. >> eric: vice presidential debate where biden used numbers that he made up. out of thin air. not what obama did. >> eric: single cut -- >> bob: is there a single cut about ripe not explaining anything about the plan? >> brian: only thing ripe was not able to explain is loopholes and tax breaks that are going to go away. that is what he says he will do, he will negotiate it if elected. ronald reagan did not do it as a candidate. he did it as a president. how do you expect him to be bipartisan if he's not in office? >> bob: that's not what he said. when joe biden said he was in the room with reagan before young boy here out of -->> brian: he was three years old when senator biden was senator biden the first time. >> eric: i have to get to that one. this is so good. >> from thest night. administration stimulus. watch. >> $90 billion in green pork, campaign contributors and the special interest groups. there are just at the department of energy over 100 criminal investigations. >> go ahead. go ahead. >> look, his colleague -- >> crony capitalism. >> his colleagues, investigative
. >> eric: vice presidential debate where biden used numbers that he made up. out of thin air. not what obama did. >> eric: single cut -- >> bob: is there a single cut about ripe not explaining anything about the plan? >> brian: only thing ripe was not able to explain is loopholes and tax breaks that are going to go away. that is what he says he will do, he will negotiate it if elected. ronald reagan did not do it as a candidate. he did it as a president. how do you...
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. >> i was frustrated last week at the presidential debates that obama and the democrats, and obama's campaign has been making a full-throated pitch to women on reproductive rights by pointing out extreme the house republicans have been from which paul ryan comes. how extreme the republican main treatment is on the issue of women's bodies. but obama missed a chance to bring it up last week. he could have made a direct pitch. because he seemed uninspired over all he allowed romney to fill the gaps. the last thing that they want to do the last thing that the republicans want to do is bring up quote/unquote women issues which they like to call life issues because they see women as incubators. although i was frustrated that it was brought up as a religious question biden made this about first amendment the separation of church and state public morality policy, and bringing this back to the things that paul ryan and the house of representatives have done which is trying to reclassify rape when it comes to abortion rights. >> michael: going back to the last debate in fact, the presidential
. >> i was frustrated last week at the presidential debates that obama and the democrats, and obama's campaign has been making a full-throated pitch to women on reproductive rights by pointing out extreme the house republicans have been from which paul ryan comes. how extreme the republican main treatment is on the issue of women's bodies. but obama missed a chance to bring it up last week. he could have made a direct pitch. because he seemed uninspired over all he allowed romney to fill...
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a lot have said we want a fooisier obama. and he doesn't want to seem on knox shouse. this was watched by fewer people than the presidential debates and something where biden was able to be feisty without damaging the obama brand as someone with a cool temperament and republicans are able to say this guy during a time of national mood, somber and serious, looks like he's having an absolutely spectacular time while the foreign policy is in a tailspin and other problems going on. republicans it seems like this guy having the ride of his life. having it at our expense? that's why it works for democrats and republicans. >> some also made references to another infamous debate. a lot of times we counted things in the debate was all gore and the -- >> the former white house bush secretary ari fleischer tweeted that biden is at risk of having his lot of come across like gore's sighs. i think he should knock it off. do you think it's true? >> that's what republicans will continue to spin it that way and while i was watching it, i could have done a little bit less with the smirk
a lot have said we want a fooisier obama. and he doesn't want to seem on knox shouse. this was watched by fewer people than the presidential debates and something where biden was able to be feisty without damaging the obama brand as someone with a cool temperament and republicans are able to say this guy during a time of national mood, somber and serious, looks like he's having an absolutely spectacular time while the foreign policy is in a tailspin and other problems going on. republicans it...
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so a big part of the obama administration wishes to neutralize, if you will. so the question is, why are they restructuring this loan to tesla motors? which by the way sales are 30% below expections. they have 14 straight quarters where they have lost $660 million. and are you ready for this, drum roll please. the ceo, elon musk claiming so that they can make early payments to doe. that is now what they're claiming. many analysts look at this very skeptically. given market for electric cars and history of tesla motors it is a hard one to swallow to believe they're this cash-rich, especially given the disappointing sales and lack of production by t way. melissa: also, a lot of people also don't realize what we are underwriting, you and me as taxpayers the thing we're underwriting here is $109,000 car. >> yes. >> when you go into tesla showroom to buy one of these electric cars, the base price for the road sther -- roadster is $109,000. there is another sedan that is $97,000. the cheapest model, the battery goes three blocks before the thing dies is $45,000. tha
so a big part of the obama administration wishes to neutralize, if you will. so the question is, why are they restructuring this loan to tesla motors? which by the way sales are 30% below expections. they have 14 straight quarters where they have lost $660 million. and are you ready for this, drum roll please. the ceo, elon musk claiming so that they can make early payments to doe. that is now what they're claiming. many analysts look at this very skeptically. given market for electric cars and...
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it was their first campaign appearance bolling the vice- presidential debate. joining them is senator portman. [applause] >> are you ready to win? we have to win. it is too important to our families, community, and country. we cannot afford another four years of barack obama. we all want to win. we have to win. let me ask you something today. are you planning to do everything you can in the next 25 days to ensure a victory in the key state of ohio? [applause] are you willing to make phone calls for mitt? are you willing to go door to door? are you willing to put up one of these signs in your yard for mitt? i need you to early vote. go to the board of elections on monday morning. you can vote now. that insures you will have plenty of time on election day to help us get other people to vote. will you do that? i think when you talk to people, you will find they're paying attention. one reason is we have had to the great debates in the last eight days. do you agree with me on that? [applause] the american people are seeing what the comeback team is all about. last
it was their first campaign appearance bolling the vice- presidential debate. joining them is senator portman. [applause] >> are you ready to win? we have to win. it is too important to our families, community, and country. we cannot afford another four years of barack obama. we all want to win. we have to win. let me ask you something today. are you planning to do everything you can in the next 25 days to ensure a victory in the key state of ohio? [applause] are you willing to make phone...
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had such a poor showing at the first presidential debate. but if i were in the cal party less than four weeks before election day, it's a tragedy you still have to ignite your base. >> that's an interesting point. christie, there's a lot of people in this country now who have very little to smile about. we are definitely facing some struggling times ahead, and i wonder what is your interpretation of what the folks who are yet to decide on who they are going to vote for think of vice president and maybe if you think it's a strategy that works, president obama will be all smiles and laughing? we will see on tuesday. what do you think they think of that laughing at a time when they are discussing topics that could make-or-break their future? >> well, look, i think it's true that the vice president hammed it up a little bit the other night but that's what most people really love about him. he has this tremendous ability to connect. he's incredibly empathetic. and paul reason's performance was seen more wooden, more policy. and particularly when
had such a poor showing at the first presidential debate. but if i were in the cal party less than four weeks before election day, it's a tragedy you still have to ignite your base. >> that's an interesting point. christie, there's a lot of people in this country now who have very little to smile about. we are definitely facing some struggling times ahead, and i wonder what is your interpretation of what the folks who are yet to decide on who they are going to vote for think of vice...
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more than 51 million people watched the vice presidential debate. a post-debate poll released this afternoon from reuters found that 42% thought joe biden won the debate. 35% said paul ryan and 23% were not sure. rush limbaugh is sure. he knows exactly who to blame for those poll results showing joe biden winning. >> i you had told you it was in the card and preedictable ryan knew it. it isn't an excuse. you can get mad and say it is unfair but everybody else thought it was unfair and ruined. everybody thought it was a stacked deck. some of you may wish that ryan would have been feistier and not let him run all over him. my guess is he doesn't debate much. let biden be who we know he is going to be and realize you are in a two against one situation. >> nait nate silver forecast on president obama will win 283 and mitt romney will win 285 and. joining me are ezra klein and crystal ball. rush's job, is to counsel the depressed after last night's debate. what to you make of his raddics, the unfair referee argument? i'm having trouble thinking of where
more than 51 million people watched the vice presidential debate. a post-debate poll released this afternoon from reuters found that 42% thought joe biden won the debate. 35% said paul ryan and 23% were not sure. rush limbaugh is sure. he knows exactly who to blame for those poll results showing joe biden winning. >> i you had told you it was in the card and preedictable ryan knew it. it isn't an excuse. you can get mad and say it is unfair but everybody else thought it was unfair and...
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because this also was a real set back for president obama in the presidential debate. so i am not sure why he thought he would profit from it. congressman ryan was right. >> the class warfare thing is what they always go back to in times of distress. they think if they scare enough people that romney is all about preserving his own tax breaks and the regular people are going to get shafted. i'm looking at this fox news poll that came out midweek. and it turns out that 49% of those polled say they think the economy is improving. only 42% say it's getting worse. and then in the same poll it says that 42% say the economy is in fair shape while 41% say economic conditions are poor. okay. so, i don't really understand these numbers but apparently 49% of the people think things might not be great now but they are getting better. so, does that hurt romney's ability to make the case for his policies versus obamas? >> i think not. because i think most of those people undery stand where the credit for an improving economy rest after four years of struggle. 23 million people, lau
because this also was a real set back for president obama in the presidential debate. so i am not sure why he thought he would profit from it. congressman ryan was right. >> the class warfare thing is what they always go back to in times of distress. they think if they scare enough people that romney is all about preserving his own tax breaks and the regular people are going to get shafted. i'm looking at this fox news poll that came out midweek. and it turns out that 49% of those polled...
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her comments come the day after vice presidential candidate paul ryan questioned the obama advacation's handling of security at the consulate. >>> secretary of dfts leon defense -- defense leon panetta is warning that the u.s. could be facing cyberattacks. secretary panettas that a major cyberattack could virtually paralyze this country, and he said the military could take action if the u.s. detects an imminent cyberattack. >> these attacks mark a significant escalation of the cyberthreat. >> and panetta is urging congress to pass legislation. he said without it, the country is vulnerable. right now, the pentagon spends more than $3 billion a year on cybersecurity. >>> honda has ordered a recall of more than a quarter million crv crossovers that affects 269,000 crossovers from the 2002 through 2006 model years relating to a master switch that controls the vehicle's power windows. that could melt and cause a fire. the automakers it's aware of four such fires but so far, no injuries. consumer reports said it has discovered a problem with the interior escape lever in the trunk for the lexu
her comments come the day after vice presidential candidate paul ryan questioned the obama advacation's handling of security at the consulate. >>> secretary of dfts leon defense -- defense leon panetta is warning that the u.s. could be facing cyberattacks. secretary panettas that a major cyberattack could virtually paralyze this country, and he said the military could take action if the u.s. detects an imminent cyberattack. >> these attacks mark a significant escalation of the...
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and if the hitcher going to party in new york last night's vice presidential debate certainly did not disappoint viewers president obama released his attack dog of a paid job biden on representative paul ryan he laughed mocked and interrupted his way through the debate while adding context the president obama's campaign promises and despite all of the mudslinging that happened real substance came out of the discussion the moderator a.b.c. news reporter martha raddatz called iran the biggest national security threat the u.s. faces today. we've had it's war to iran i'd actually like to move to iran because there's really no bigger national security this country is facing joe biden said the u.s. is doing everything it can to prevent war with the country paul ryan said that the obama administration isn't doing enough when governor romney was asked about the said we've got to keep the sanctions when he said we're talking about doing more what are you you're going to go to war is that what you want to do they want to prevent war. interesting things how they're going to prevent war how they'
and if the hitcher going to party in new york last night's vice presidential debate certainly did not disappoint viewers president obama released his attack dog of a paid job biden on representative paul ryan he laughed mocked and interrupted his way through the debate while adding context the president obama's campaign promises and despite all of the mudslinging that happened real substance came out of the discussion the moderator a.b.c. news reporter martha raddatz called iran the biggest...
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obama won the state four years ago. now ohio is one of the states romney really needs to turn red again in order to make it to the white house. the republican presidential nominee holds two rallies in the state today and his running mate paul ryan also campaigns separately in the buckeye state. president obama was in ohio a few days ago. next week, bruce springsteen will team up with former president clinton to stump for obama in ohio. the race for the state is very close right now. take a look at this cnn poll, a poll that averages three surveys that were conducted entirely after the first presidential debate. it indicates the president at 50% of unlikely voters with romney at 47%. romney heads home to massachusetts tonight to get ready for tuesday's second presidential debate. and mr. obama heads to williamsburg today, not to campaign in the battleground state of virginia, but rather to go behind closed doors for debate prep. tuesday's showdown will be very different than their first face-off in denver a week and a ha
obama won the state four years ago. now ohio is one of the states romney really needs to turn red again in order to make it to the white house. the republican presidential nominee holds two rallies in the state today and his running mate paul ryan also campaigns separately in the buckeye state. president obama was in ohio a few days ago. next week, bruce springsteen will team up with former president clinton to stump for obama in ohio. the race for the state is very close right now. take a look...
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look, last week, even during the presidential debate between president obama and mitt romney, the obama campaign tried to push on twitter the idea that mitt romney was being inappropriately testy. they tried so hard to push the testy mitt idea. they tried so hard to make that into a thing that people should feel about that debate. >> he got testy about it. he got testy about being on defense. i think that came across to the american people. >> a testy governor romney who spent the entire time on defense. >> i think for some folks at home it probably came across a little testy. >> yeah, no. nice try. i mean, maybe mitt romney was testy, at the presidential debate, and maybe joe biden did laugh in paul ryan's face all night at the vice presidential debate. but that is in part because these guys, mitt romney and joe biden, were pumped and they were pumped because they were obviously winning their debates. and complaining about that does not change that. but the other person who was pumped last night and whose performance was both winning and, therefore, grating to the side who came out the
look, last week, even during the presidential debate between president obama and mitt romney, the obama campaign tried to push on twitter the idea that mitt romney was being inappropriately testy. they tried so hard to push the testy mitt idea. they tried so hard to make that into a thing that people should feel about that debate. >> he got testy about it. he got testy about being on defense. i think that came across to the american people. >> a testy governor romney who spent the...
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you heard vice-presidential nominee ryan offer specifics. what i want to hear is specifics from actually president obama who has had four years, you know, to improve the state of the economy and we're still at 8.1, 8.2 and he's the one who actually said in the debate he would raise taxes by letting tax cuts on the middle class expire. so i think there's a really clear choice between the two of them. >> itpends on your definition of middle class as well. president obama talked about it in his weekly radio address. take a listen. >> today auto sales are the high effort they've been in four years. gm is back. ford and chrysler are growing again. >> one out of every eight jobs in ohio dpeenld on the auto industry. how does romney counter that argument? >> by dining what he did in the debasement they heard unfilter and what he's talking about, his plan to create the economy and improve the economy in ohio. ask coal miners how important this is for him. i think ohio is an interesting place to watch for romney and ryan. they're on the defensivdefen
you heard vice-presidential nominee ryan offer specifics. what i want to hear is specifics from actually president obama who has had four years, you know, to improve the state of the economy and we're still at 8.1, 8.2 and he's the one who actually said in the debate he would raise taxes by letting tax cuts on the middle class expire. so i think there's a really clear choice between the two of them. >> itpends on your definition of middle class as well. president obama talked about it in...
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tomorrow both mitt romney and president obama will be hunkered down, prepping for the next presidential debate. tuesday town hall format. i want to bring the brain trust in for a few more minutes if we can. jennifer rubin, the "washington post" there is bob, there is kevin. jennifer, i want to start with you. what more will we be talking about the morning after the debate? >> i'll give you a "new york post" kind of headline. 'bama bashed on benghazi. >> that's good. >> libya is becoming an issue, and joe biden actually opened up a couple of issues for him. you a drip, drip, drip now every day from "newsweek," from "new york times." a lot of finger-pointing going on between the state, between the intelligence community, the white house. i think the president is going to have to do some explaining. and i think mitt romney is probably going to begin to make this one of his top issues. >> kevin? >> the latest faked up scandal by the republicans, the nonscandal in benghazi. the headline is going to be signs of life, because i think president obama will show some. and at least try to contest
tomorrow both mitt romney and president obama will be hunkered down, prepping for the next presidential debate. tuesday town hall format. i want to bring the brain trust in for a few more minutes if we can. jennifer rubin, the "washington post" there is bob, there is kevin. jennifer, i want to start with you. what more will we be talking about the morning after the debate? >> i'll give you a "new york post" kind of headline. 'bama bashed on benghazi. >> that's...
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obama and hillary clinton and also chip. he managed mike huckabee's 2008 presidential campaign. good afternoon to both of you gentlemen. >> good afternoon. >> it augurgues that mitt romne would risk being called a flip-flopper, that it may not be such a bad thing to be a flip-flopper in this day and ainge. explain the reasoning. explain the logic. >> traditionally it's been a deadly label. you may not agree with him on everything but you know where he stood, that john kerr where was a flip-flopper. now mitt romney is gambling that that's no longer the case, no longer a deadly tag. so a couple weeks ago, it's hard to remember but mitt romney was facing long odds. his donors were upset, his supporters were leaking to the press it was a doomed campaign so what romney decided to do is begin to soften or shift some of his positions and obviously it's working. he's made that gamble that it's better to be called a flip-flopper than too extreme. >> so perhaps shaking an etch a sketch. >> perhaps shaking an etch a sketch is not as dastardly as it once was. >> chip, i want to ask you abou
obama and hillary clinton and also chip. he managed mike huckabee's 2008 presidential campaign. good afternoon to both of you gentlemen. >> good afternoon. >> it augurgues that mitt romne would risk being called a flip-flopper, that it may not be such a bad thing to be a flip-flopper in this day and ainge. explain the reasoning. explain the logic. >> traditionally it's been a deadly label. you may not agree with him on everything but you know where he stood, that john kerr...
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>> did the presidential debate make you more likely to vote for barack obama, less likely, or did it have no effect on your vote choice? >> reporter: well, so do we. but who to ask? the pollsters? doug schwartz runs quinnipiac universitys polling institute. >> right now, pew has romney up by three points. gallup has obama up by five points in their seven-day track, but since the debate they have obama up by just three points. >> reporter: or how about old friend ray fair, an economist we've been visiting every four years since the george h.w. bush administration. he's got an economic model. >> so right at this moment, its 49.5% of the two-party vote for obama. >> reporter: so the polls and models call it a toss-up. but curiously, the betting public tells a very different story. online betting prediction markets, like ireland's intrade, which takes bets from americans, and england's betfair, which doesnt, have made obama the strong favorite for months. the lone domestic and entirely legal betting haven, the iowa electronic markets at the university of iowa. ever frugal, we asked hari
>> did the presidential debate make you more likely to vote for barack obama, less likely, or did it have no effect on your vote choice? >> reporter: well, so do we. but who to ask? the pollsters? doug schwartz runs quinnipiac universitys polling institute. >> right now, pew has romney up by three points. gallup has obama up by five points in their seven-day track, but since the debate they have obama up by just three points. >> reporter: or how about old friend ray...